Trace Fossil

/trās ˈfäsəl/

  • A fossil of a footprint, trail, burrow, or other trace of an animal rather than the animal itself.

  • The art in wake of the artist.

Travis Stephens

Bethany Altschwager

Allison Noonan

Tereza Kleovoulou

Sambhavi Dwivedi

Alan Haider

Sreeja Naskar

Pam Clements

R.K.B

Caitlin Annette Johnson

Summer

A Conversation With the Up & Coming

In July, Trace Fossils’ editor-in-chief, Jessie Leitzel, sat down with the 2025 Buzzcut interviewees, Ruby Varallo and Lillian Colette Hughes, to discuss their debut books…

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A Conversation
With the Up & Coming

In July, Trace Fossils’ editor-in-chief, Jessie Leitzel, sat down with the 2025 Buzzcut interviewees, Ruby Varallo and Lillian Colette Hughes, to discuss their debut books…

Read the interview

Trace Fossils Review’s Inaugural Anthology highlights some of our favorite pieces from the magazine’s first year of publications.

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Inaugural

Anthology

Trace Fossils Review’s Inaugural Anthology highlights some of our favorite pieces from the magazine’s first year of publications.

Purchase the anthology

Current Issue

Featured

The  Wet Ghost of Junipero Serra

Travis Stephens | Poetry

Church

R.K.B | Fiction

acts of god and other lies

Sreeja Naskar | Poetry

Two Fingers

Pam Clements | Nonfiction